the (absolute) limit
the (absolute) limit
A source of intense aggravation or annoyance. Oh, I can't listen to that fool any longer—his idiotic questions are the limit! These forms the HR department makes us fill out are the absolute limit, I'm telling you!
See also: limit
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
the limit
The most extreme; someone or something that irritates, delights, or surprises to the ultimate degree. For example, Hiring and firing someone the same day-that's the limit in employee relations! or That excuse of yours for missing the wedding, that's the limit, or He's done wonders before but this last one is the limit. This idiom uses limit as "the last possible point or boundary." [Colloquial; c. 1900]
See also: limit
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
- the limit
- limit
- be the limit
- be the (absolute) limit
- be the end
- (someone or something) is going to be the death of (one)
- (someone or something) will be the death of (one)
- will be the death of
- be the death of (one)